goudron

Definitions

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n. A small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used for starting fires, lighting ditches and ramparts, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts.

Etymologies

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French, tar.

Examples

A correspondent has transmitted to the editor of _L'Union Pharmaceutique_ the prospectus of an oyster dealer who, besides dealing in the ordinary bivalves, advertises specialties in medicinal oysters, such as "huitres ferrugineuses" and "huitres au goudron."

The "huitres ferrugineuses" are recommended to anæmic persons, and the "huitres au goudron" are said to replace with advantage all other means of administering tar, while of both it is alleged that analyses made by "distinguished _savants_" leave no doubt as to their valuable qualities.